- 1. What is the Arabic word for God used in Islam?
A) Krishna
B) Allah
C) Jesus
D) Buddha
- 2. What is the holy book of Islam?
A) Torah
B) Bible
C) Gita
D) Quran
- 3. Who is considered the final prophet in Islam?
A) Muhammad
B) Jesus
C) Moses
D) Buddha
- 4. Which of the following is a pillar of Islam relating to belief in Allah?
A) Shahada
B) Zakat
C) Hajj
D) Ramadan
- 5. What is the name of the religious tax that is obligatory for Muslims to pay?
A) Fitra
B) Zakat
C) Sadaqah
D) Khums
- 6. What is the title given to a person who leads the prayer in a mosque?
A) Priest
B) Rabbi
C) Monk
D) Imam
- 7. In Islam, what is the term for the struggle for the sake of Allah?
A) Iman
B) Jihad
C) Fitnah
D) Tawheed
- 8. What is the name of the angel who revealed Allah's message to Muhammad?
A) Raphael
B) Michael
C) Uriel
D) Gabriel
- 9. What is the name for the pilgrimage to Mecca that every Muslim is expected to make at least once in their lifetime?
A) Umrah
B) Ziyarat
C) Hajj
D) Journey
- 10. What is the term for the recitation or chanting of the Quran in a melodic and melodious manner?
A) Tajweed
B) Takbir
C) Tawaf
D) Tashahhud
- 11. What is the Islamic practice of fasting during the month of Ramadan called?
A) Suhoor
B) Iftar
C) Sawm
D) Feast
- 12. Which language is the term 'Allah' primarily associated with?
A) Hebrew
B) Aramaic
C) Arabic
D) Ugaritic
- 13. What is the etymological origin of the word 'Allah'?
A) Derived from 'Ilu'
B) A contraction of 'al-' and 'ilāh'
C) An original Arabic creation
D) A loanword from Syriac
- 14. In pre-Islamic Arabia, how was Allah perceived?
A) As a non-existent concept
B) As the sole deity
C) As a supreme deity worshipped alongside lesser deities
D) As a minor deity
- 15. Which of these groups also use the term 'Allah'?
A) Buddhists
B) Hindus
C) Zoroastrians
D) Bábists
- 16. What is the meaning of 'ilāh' in Arabic?
A) Holy
B) Spirit
C) Deity, god
D) Creator
- 17. What solution did the Malaysian government introduce to avoid confusion regarding the use of 'Allah'?
A) 10-point solution
B) 20-point solution
C) 5-point solution
D) 15-point solution
- 18. In which year was the Gospel of Matthew translated by Ruyl printed in the Netherlands?
A) 1638
B) 1612
C) 1650
D) 1629
- 19. What is the simplified style of writing Allāh often preferred for?
A) Use in the Koran.
B) Clarity, especially in non-Arabic languages.
C) Calligraphy.
D) Compatibility with older character sets.
- 20. What is the principle that condemns statements implying God is comparable to known things?
A) Tawhid
B) Mutashabih
C) Shirk
D) Bila Kayf
- 21. Which Unicode block contains the flags that include the word Allāh?
A) Regional indicator symbols.
B) Arabic Presentation Forms-A.
C) Basic Latin.
D) Miscellaneous Symbols.
- 22. How is the word Allāh typically written in Arabic typography?
A) With a small diacritic alif above the shaddah.
B) Without an alif to spell the ā vowel.
C) With a small diacritic alif under the shaddah.
D) With an alif to spell the ā vowel.
- 23. In which century did the first dictionary of Dutch-Malay record 'Allah' as the translation of the Dutch word 'Godt'?
A) 17th century
B) 18th century
C) 19th century
D) 16th century
- 24. Which of these is a Semitic cognate of 'Allah'?
A) ʾilum
B) ʼElāhā
C) ʾIlu
D) ʾl
- 25. What is the Unicode code point for the calligraphic variant of Allāh used as the emblem of Iran?
A) U+06D5.
B) U+FDF2.
C) U+262B (☫).
D) U+06D9.
- 26. In which year was the ban on the use of 'Allah' overturned?
A) 2021
B) 2020
C) 2019
D) 2018
- 27. What does the term 'Arsh' refer to in Islamic theology?
A) God's chair
B) God's pulpit
C) God's throne
D) God's footstool
- 28. In what year did the Malaysian government confiscate more than 300 bibles for using 'Allah'?
A) 2015
B) 2013
C) 2014
D) 2012
- 29. Which court overturned the Malaysian government's ban on the use of 'Allah' in 2009?
A) Shariah Court of Malaysia
B) Supreme Court of Malaysia
C) Federal Court of Malaysia
D) Malayan High Court
- 30. Who was responsible for early translation work that led to the use of 'Allah' to refer to God in the Malay language?
A) Caspar Wiltens
B) Justus Heurnius
C) Albert Cornelius Ruyl
D) Francis Xavier
- 31. What did Jahm bin Safwan claim about the name 'Allah'?
A) It is a name God created for Himself
B) It is derived from other gods' names
C) It was created by humans
D) It is a common Arabic name
- 32. Which school of grammarians regarded 'Allah' as formed 'spontaneously'?
A) Basra school
B) Medina school
C) Kufa school
D) Mecca school
- 33. In pre-Islamic Arabia, who were reported to have undertaken pilgrimages to the Kaaba?
A) All Arab Muslims
B) Some Arab Christians
C) All pagan Arabs
D) All Jewish Arabs
- 34. Which term did Theodore Abu Qurrah translate as Allah in his Bible?
A) Theos
B) Elohim
C) Kyrios
D) Logos
- 35. What are the 99 Names of Allah known as?
A) Al-asmā' al-mutashabih
B) Al-asmā' al-tanzih
C) Al-asmā' al-jāhilī
D) Al-asmā' al-ḥusná
- 36. What was the name of the Roman Catholic newspaper that triggered the contemporary controversy over the use of 'Allah'?
A) The Malaysian Times
B) The Star
C) The Herald
D) The New Straits Times
- 37. Which Semitic language uses the term 'ʼElāh'?
A) Phoenician
B) Aramaic
C) Ugaritic
D) Hebrew
- 38. What is the interpretation supported by some literary evidence regarding pre-Islamic Arab culture?
A) Pre-Islamic Arabs once practiced Abrahamic religions
B) Pre-Islamic Arabs were monotheists
C) Pre-Islamic Arabs practiced only polytheism
D) Pre-Islamic Arabs were atheists
- 39. What is considered one of the greatest sins in Islam?
A) Dhikr
B) Zakat
C) Shirk
D) Tawhid
- 40. What term is used for verses in the Qur'an that offer analogies for God?
A) Shirk
B) Tanzih
C) Bila Kayf
D) Mutashabih
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